Breakdown of Het eigentijdse ontwerp past harmonieus bij het historische centrum.
passen
to fit / to match / go with
het
it
bij
at / near / by
het centrum
the center
historisch
historical
het ontwerp
the design
eigentijds
contemporary
harmonieus
harmonious
Questions & Answers about Het eigentijdse ontwerp past harmonieus bij het historische centrum.
Why do eigentijdse and historische have an -e at the end, even though they describe het words?
When you use the definite article het (the) before a neuter noun, the adjective must take an -e ending. The only time an adjective before a neuter noun drops the -e is when it is preceded by an indefinite word like een or geen, or by nothing at all (for example, een historisch centrum).
Could I use met instead of bij in past harmonieus bij to mean 'fits with'?
No, the standard fixed preposition for 'to match' or 'to suit/fit well with' in Dutch is passen bij. Using met would be a literal translation from English and is incorrect here.
Why doesn't harmonieus get an -e ending?
In this sentence, harmonieus is acting as an adverb because it describes how the design fits (modifying the verb passen), rather than acting as an adjective directly modifying a noun. In Dutch, adverbs never take the -e ending.
How is the vocabulary word eigentijdse formed?
The root word is eigentijds, which is a compound of eigen (own) and tijd (time), plus the suffix -s to turn it into an adjective. Literally meaning 'of its own time', it is the standard Dutch equivalent for 'contemporary'.
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